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I’m still trying to figure out if it’s supposed to be called “welt,” “welting” or if either is appropriate.  Most of the time, I end up calling it “piping” with clients so they know what I’m talking about.  All I know is that to make cushions, it takes a lot!

I’m working on recovering patio couch cushions, eight of them, and most of them are 22 inches square (or a little less).  It’s a standard box cushion with a zipper closure on the back.  But for 22 inches square…

22 inches X 4 sides = 88 inches x 2 edges i.e. top and bottom = 176 inches x 8 cushions = 1408 inches / 36 inches/yard = over 39 yards of welting!

Luckily, I am prepared:

That there is a 500 yard spool of welting cord.  It’s the size of my cat times 2.

On the original cushion covers, I noticed that the manufacturer made the welt from fabric cut either on or against the grain, but I have been told to cut the strips that wrap around the welting cord on the bias, so I do just that.

Not only does this make the fabric curve more easily, but I think that it makes the pattern more ambiguous on the welt, especially for such a bold pattern as this.

So with my 36-inch clear ruler, my knife edge Gingher shears, and my Clover Chaco-Liner (the little white thing, with the little dark gray thing being it’s cover), I went to work to make over 39 yard of bias strips.  When my 25-yard rolls of zippers come in the mail, I can sew these cushions up and get them back to the client, just in time for patio season to begin!

Tags: couch repair, Equipment, Fabric, Sewing, upholstery . This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at 8:34 pm and is filed under Upholstery Projects. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.